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<span id="geodjango-management-commands"></span><h1>GeoDjango Management Commands<a class="headerlink" href="#geodjango-management-commands" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="section" id="s-inspectdb">
<span id="inspectdb"></span><h2>inspectdb<a class="headerlink" href="#inspectdb" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="describe">
<dt>
<tt class="descname">django-admin.py inspectdb</tt></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>

<p>When <a class="reference internal" href="index.html#module-django.contrib.gis" title="django.contrib.gis: Geographic Information System (GIS) extensions for Django"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">django.contrib.gis</span></tt></a> is in your <a class="reference internal" href="../../settings.html#std:setting-INSTALLED_APPS"><tt class="xref std std-setting docutils literal"><span class="pre">INSTALLED_APPS</span></tt></a>, the
<a class="reference internal" href="../../django-admin.html#django-admin-inspectdb"><tt class="xref std std-djadmin docutils literal"><span class="pre">inspectdb</span></tt></a> management command is overridden with one from GeoDjango.
The overridden command is spatially-aware, and places geometry fields in the
auto-generated model definition, where appropriate.</p>
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<div class="section" id="s-ogrinspect-data-source-model-name">
<span id="ogrinspect-data-source-model-name"></span><h2>ogrinspect &lt;data_source&gt; &lt;model_name&gt;<a class="headerlink" href="#ogrinspect-data-source-model-name" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="django-admin">
<dt id="django-admin-ogrinspect">
<tt class="descname">django-admin.py ogrinspect</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-ogrinspect" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>

<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ogrinspect</span></tt> management command will inspect the given OGR-compatible
<a class="reference internal" href="gdal.html#django.contrib.gis.gdal.DataSource" title="django.contrib.gis.gdal.DataSource"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">DataSource</span></tt></a> (e.g., a shapefile) and will
output a GeoDjango model with the given model name.  There&#8217;s a detailed example
of using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ogrinspect</span></tt> <a class="reference internal" href="tutorial.html#ogrinspect-intro"><em>in the tutorial</em></a>.</p>
<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---blank">
<tt class="descname">--blank</tt><tt class="descclassname"> &lt;blank_field(s)&gt;</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---blank" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Use a comma separated list of OGR field names to add the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">blank=True</span></tt>
keyword option to the field definition.  Set with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">true</span></tt> to apply
to all applicable fields.</p>
</dd></dl>

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<dt id="django-admin-option---decimal">
<tt class="descname">--decimal</tt><tt class="descclassname"> &lt;decimal_field(s)&gt;</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---decimal" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Use a comma separated list of OGR float fields to generate
<a class="reference internal" href="../../models/fields.html#django.db.models.DecimalField" title="django.db.models.DecimalField"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">DecimalField</span></tt></a> instead of the default
<a class="reference internal" href="../../models/fields.html#django.db.models.FloatField" title="django.db.models.FloatField"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">FloatField</span></tt></a>. Set to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">true</span></tt> to apply to all
OGR float fields.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---geom-name">
<tt class="descname">--geom-name</tt><tt class="descclassname"> &lt;name&gt;</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---geom-name" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the model attribute name to use for the geometry field.
Defaults to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'geom'</span></tt>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---layer">
<tt class="descname">--layer</tt><tt class="descclassname"> &lt;layer&gt;</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---layer" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The key for specifying which layer in the OGR
<a class="reference internal" href="gdal.html#django.contrib.gis.gdal.DataSource" title="django.contrib.gis.gdal.DataSource"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">DataSource</span></tt></a> source to use.
Defaults to 0 (the first layer). May be an integer or a string identifier
for the <a class="reference internal" href="gdal.html#django.contrib.gis.gdal.Layer" title="django.contrib.gis.gdal.Layer"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Layer</span></tt></a>. When inspecting databases,
<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">layer</span></tt> is generally the table name you want to inspect.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---mapping">
<tt class="descname">--mapping</tt><tt class="descclassname"></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---mapping" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Automatically generate a mapping dictionary for use with
<a class="reference internal" href="layermapping.html#django.contrib.gis.utils.LayerMapping" title="django.contrib.gis.utils.LayerMapping"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">LayerMapping</span></tt></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---multi-geom">
<tt class="descname">--multi-geom</tt><tt class="descclassname"></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---multi-geom" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>When generating the geometry field, treat it as a geometry collection.
For example, if this setting is enabled then a
<a class="reference internal" href="model-api.html#django.contrib.gis.db.models.MultiPolygonField" title="django.contrib.gis.db.models.MultiPolygonField"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">MultiPolygonField</span></tt></a> will be placed
in the generated model rather than
<a class="reference internal" href="model-api.html#django.contrib.gis.db.models.PolygonField" title="django.contrib.gis.db.models.PolygonField"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">PolygonField</span></tt></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---name-field">
<tt class="descname">--name-field</tt><tt class="descclassname"> &lt;name_field&gt;</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---name-field" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Generates a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__str__</span></tt> routine (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__unicode__</span></tt> on Python 2) on the model
that will return the given field name.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---no-imports">
<tt class="descname">--no-imports</tt><tt class="descclassname"></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---no-imports" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Suppresses the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">from</span> <span class="pre">django.contrib.gis.db</span> <span class="pre">import</span> <span class="pre">models</span></tt> import statement.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---null">
<tt class="descname">--null</tt><tt class="descclassname"> &lt;null_field(s)&gt;</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---null" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Use a comma separated list of OGR field names to add the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">null=True</span></tt>
keyword option to the field definition.  Set with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">true</span></tt> to apply to
all applicable fields.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="django-admin-option">
<dt id="django-admin-option---srid">
<tt class="descname">--srid</tt><tt class="descclassname"></tt><a class="headerlink" href="#django-admin-option---srid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The SRID to use for the geometry field.  If not set, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ogrinspect</span></tt> attempts
to automatically determine of the SRID of the data source.</p>
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